Juris Corp

Juris Corp’s clients include Scotiabank, Credit Suisse, ICBC and National Bank of Abu Dhabi. Veena Sivaramakrishnan, who has “clarity of thought” and is “responsive, articulate and understands [our] need[s]”, according to two clients, leads the firm’s practice. The team advised lenders of Indian multinational Reliance Industries on three loan facilities totalling $2.6 billion.

Mandates at Juris Corp, led by Shan Bottlewalla, tend to be in debt capital markets, in particular derivatives and structured products. The practice advised on the issuance of non-principal protected debentures linked to an underlying asset, an innovative structured product in India. The team is “very effective on structuring the trade [and] providing right and effective solutions”, comments a client. Bottlewalla advised Reliance Industries on its $225 million issuance of dollar-denominated notes, one of the first note issues guaranteed by the Export-Import Bank of the United States.

The insolvency practice at Juris Corp, led by Veena Sivaramakrishnan and Sandeep Mahapatra, excels when restructuring matters involve a combination of banking, capital markets and dispute resolution. Sivaramakrishnan advised DBS during SAMHI Hotels’s Rs3.5 billion acquisition of Hyatt Regency Pune. The transaction consisted of the sale of RK Jatia’s Ascent Hotels to SAMHI Hotels, a turnaround specialist. The team advised on structured financing for the deal, as well as the security documentation related to a new capital raise by RK Jatia’s Ascent Hotels after the acquisition. Sivaramakrishnan is “well conversant with any changes in law”, says a client.